*The son of Rev. Ike has penned a book about his impact on the Blach church titled “Reverend Ike: An Extraordinary Life of Influence” with the motivational speaker Mark Victor Hansen. Religious News ...

Before Joel Osteen and Creflo Dollar, Reverend Ike — who “made his transition” (that is, died) on Tuesday — preached a gospel of prosperity to a flock that really needed to hear it. As Pastor of the ...

In 1950, when he was just a wee 14 year old, Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter began big-time preaching as an assistant pastor at a Baptist church in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Eikerenkoetter, who was ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A size 39, fuchsia pink, dress shirt designed by Etro and worn by Reverend Ike. The shirt is made from pink cotton. It ...

Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter, famously known as "Rev. Ike," was anathema in our staunchly Roman Catholic New Orleans home. To my parents, Daniel and Lillian Brown, he was a child of blasphemy, an ...